The Illinois team based out of Beardstown that is taking part in the Little League Senior Softball World Series in Roxana, Delaware this week moved to (2-0) in pool play with a 3-1 win over the team representing the Southeast part of the US, based out of South Carolina. It was Illinois lowest run-output of the postseason so far. Before Tuesday’s game, Illinois had outscored their opponents 49-5 in the postseason.
Taryn Griffith from Chatham-Glenwood had two rbis for Illinois yesterday. Addie Seitz from West Central walked in her only plate appearance and Macomb’s Kylie Robinson was 1-4 with a run scored out of the leadoff spot. Audrey Gilman from Calhoun High School earned the pitching win going all 7 innings, giving up four hits, one earned run with 15 of the 21 total outs coming by way of strikeout.
Illinois will try to get to (3-0) with a win over Canada on Wednesday at 4:30. Canada is (0-2) so far in the tournament. All world series games can be watched at ESPN+.
